Press Release
First and Only Treatment for Hunter Syndrome Now Approved in 40 Countries Worldwide
Basingstoke UK and Cambridge MA, US - May 27, 2008 – Shire Limited (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced that ELAPRASE(R) (idursulfase), a human enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of Hunter syndrome, has been approved by the Brazilian Regulatory Agency, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA). ELAPRASE, developed by Shire Human Genetic Therapies (HGT), a business unit of Shire focused on genetic diseases, is the first and only enzyme replacement therapy approved for people suffering from Hunter syndrome. Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America and the ninth largest in the world . With this approval, ELAPRASE is now cleared for marketing in two countries in the region – Brazil and Mexico.
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